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Bush: I Gave Up Golf For The Troops - Politics on The Huffington Post
As violence in Iraq continues -- clashes today left 11 dead and 19 injured -- President Bush has for the first time revealed the great sacrifice he's made for the sake of our soldiers: he's given up golf.
by Fran (fran at eurotrib dot com) on Wed May 14th, 2008 at 02:49:17 PM EST
That's from the Onion, right?
by Colman (colman at eurotrib.com) on Wed May 14th, 2008 at 02:52:42 PM EST
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At least he's supporting the troops.
by ThatBritGuy (thatbritguy (at) googlemail.com) on Wed May 14th, 2008 at 02:55:40 PM EST
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Just think of all the flag pins he can buy with the membership savings.

Conservatives want live babies so they can raise them to be dead soldiers. - George Carlin
by Drew J Jones (myfriends@thisispancakes.com) on Wed May 14th, 2008 at 02:57:08 PM EST
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It's impressive that there isn't even a word for this in the English language.
by ThatBritGuy (thatbritguy (at) googlemail.com) on Wed May 14th, 2008 at 03:00:28 PM EST
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There is: Strategery.

Conservatives want live babies so they can raise them to be dead soldiers. - George Carlin
by Drew J Jones (myfriends@thisispancakes.com) on Wed May 14th, 2008 at 03:12:18 PM EST
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Sam wants to know if he played golf in the first place.
by Colman (colman at eurotrib.com) on Wed May 14th, 2008 at 03:13:37 PM EST
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by ThatBritGuy (thatbritguy (at) googlemail.com) on Wed May 14th, 2008 at 03:21:14 PM EST
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That only shows he poses in golf carts.
by Colman (colman at eurotrib.com) on Wed May 14th, 2008 at 03:37:07 PM EST
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by afew (afew(a in a circle)eurotrib_dot_com) on Wed May 14th, 2008 at 04:11:49 PM EST
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but there he thinks he's shooting

Any idiot can face a crisis - it's day to day living that wears you out.
by ceebs (ceebs (at) eurotrib (dot) com) on Wed May 14th, 2008 at 04:32:18 PM EST
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Dick told him all about that. It's fun!
by afew (afew(a in a circle)eurotrib_dot_com) on Wed May 14th, 2008 at 04:33:46 PM EST
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perhaps dick wants him to stand in front of him, its the final stage in his dick becomes president plan.

Any idiot can face a crisis - it's day to day living that wears you out.
by ceebs (ceebs (at) eurotrib (dot) com) on Wed May 14th, 2008 at 06:28:45 PM EST
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I seem to remember pictures of him dressed up for golf and driving in a golf-cart.
by Fran (fran at eurotrib dot com) on Wed May 14th, 2008 at 03:22:35 PM EST
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If you promise to keep him, 78% of the US population will chip-in to send him there and buy him a golf club membership so you can determine that all by yourself.
 
by ATinNM on Wed May 14th, 2008 at 03:24:35 PM EST
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You know I think he could not golf fine in the Netherlands. Maybe in a full service hotel in The Hague.
by MarekNYC on Wed May 14th, 2008 at 03:37:45 PM EST
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Works for me!
by ATinNM on Wed May 14th, 2008 at 03:43:29 PM EST
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Bush has given up golf for troops
Jonathan Martin, Politico

For the first time, Bush revealed a personal way in which he has tried to acknowledge the sacrifice of soldiers and their families: He has given up golf.

"I don't want some mom whose son may have recently died to see the commander in chief playing golf," he said. "I feel I owe it to the families to be in solidarity as best as I can with them. And I think playing golf during a war just sends the wrong signal."

by Magnifico on Wed May 14th, 2008 at 02:56:40 PM EST
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If he slices his drives like he falls off his bike or chokes on pretzels, the truth is he's probably stopping on medical advice.
by afew (afew(a in a circle)eurotrib_dot_com) on Wed May 14th, 2008 at 04:15:07 PM EST
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He said he doesn't want military families to see the Commander in Chief playing golf.

What a stuck-up idiot he is, letting his Commander-in-chiefdom get to his head like that.

When the capital development of a country becomes a by-product of the activities of a casino, the job is likely to be ill-done. — John M. Keynes

by Migeru (migeru at eurotrib dot com) on Wed May 14th, 2008 at 03:03:31 PM EST
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Since you all appear to say he does did play golf, he obviously doesn't want them to see just how bad he is...at golf that is...

We are all in the gutter, but some of us are looking at the stars. Oscar Wilde
by Sam on Wed May 14th, 2008 at 05:05:24 PM EST
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i can't believe none of you remembered the classic moment in fahrenheit 9-11!

watch this drive...

~"When an inner situation is not made conscious, it appears outside as fate." Karl Jung~

by melo (melometa4(at)gmail.com) on Thu May 15th, 2008 at 01:48:06 AM EST
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(I was really hoping this wouldn't hit ET.  Dunno how to type with a paper bag over my head, not that it would effectively hide my nationality anyway.)

Yes, Virginia, the President of the United States, a person capable of turning the planet into a charred, radioactive cinder, IS stark raving bonkers.  

Will someone please unleash the Attack Squirrels and get this nut out of the White House?

by ATinNM on Wed May 14th, 2008 at 03:19:59 PM EST
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